Last week, PBS endured an attack from a hacker with the culprits posting false information on a couple of the news sites. PBS, Frontline and NewsHour were affected by the attack. In order to take a causative approach to the violation, PBS Newshour continued delivering transcripts and video via their Tumblog without a hitch.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. PBS NewsHour redesigned its World Page, adding the following new features: the Global Dispatch weekly email alert; reports from correspondents Margaret Warner and Ray Suarez in their Reporter’s Notebook blogs; Trip Tracker collections of content from trips abroad to destinations including Egypt, South Korea, and Cuba; Editor’s Choice editor-curated best-of content; and an updated stream of the top 15 international Twitter feeds.
Previously existing features remain on the page, including NewsHour video; education materials for teachers; background resources including key players, timelines, charts, and maps; and breaking news and analysis.
NewsHour digital correspondent Hari Sreenivasan prepared a guided video preview of the revised World Page:
The Economist and PBS NewsHour teamed up on The Economist Film Project, a Web site that will showcase independent documentary films from around the world.
The Economist Film Project will accept submissions on a rolling basis starting Jan. 10 and running through Jan. 2012, and at least three winners per month will appear on the site, alongside related articles from The Economist, as well as airing on PBS NewsHour and being presented on Hulu and YouTube.
From The Economist Film Project’s About page:
The Economist Film Project is an initiative by The Economist, in partnership with PBS NewsHour, to showcase independent documentary films from around the world. From Abu Dhabi to Albuquerque, from astronomy to agriculture, the project will showcase films that offer new ideas, perspectives, and insights that not only help make sense of the world, but also take a stand and provoke debate. Segments from selected films will appear in a national primetime feature airing regularly on PBS NewsHour through 2011-2012.
The updated PBS NewsHour iPhone App is now available free-of-charge via the App Store, and it offers HD-quality video, multimedia content, updated news, and customizable news feeds.
The app is compatible with iPhone or iPod Touch devices with operating systems 3 or 4, and it syncs via Wi-Fi to download the most current news directly to devices.
PBS NewsHour host Jim Lehrer said:
The iPhone App is just the latest step in the NewsHour move to extend beyond the hour and offer our signature brand of journalism, MacNeil-Lehrer journalism, anywhere, anytime. Although the technology may have changed, our commitment to in-depth reporting, balanced analysis, and civil discourse is as strong as ever.
Executive producer Linda Winslow added:
The app is the latest in a series of digital offerings that have helped us extend the NewsHour‘s personal relationship with our audience. Online features of our oil spill coverage, including a widget, streaming video of the spill, and interactive interviews via YouTube and Google were all extremely popular, earning the Web site over 14 million views and expanding the NewsHour‘s growing community of fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
